[she's strong, she can take it. after a brief adjustment period. during which, she will be Sad. and she could use a hug?]

I guess so. I should . . . know better by now.

No, it hasn't. Not even in my time when we should know better.

[and she's painfully reminded of the Daxamites and the fight back home]

We can't let them kill everybody. We've got to fight. The only problem is, my powers are for defense. I'm taking swordfighting lessons, but I'm nowhere near good enough to take on something like that.